Hair-drying apparatus.



W. A. SOLES. HAIR DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

921 ,476, Patented May 11, 1909.

WITNESSES INVEA7TOI? W g O. ATTORNEYS Hair-Drying Ap aratus, of which the lolenlarged plan view of part of the tube, show- WILLIAM ALBERT SOLES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-DRYING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Application filed May 21, 1908. Serial No. 434.032.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLlAM ALBERT SoLns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of ew York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved lowing is a full, c ear, and exact description.

The invention relates to womans toilet, and its object is to provide a new and improved hair drying apparatus for private or iairdressers use, and arranged for convenient attachment to the wearers head, to serve as a valuable therapeutic agent for the hair, and to properly dry the hair without danger of bleaching or otherwise inuring the same.

Theinvention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied for drying the hair; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the electric heater and the rear ortion of the tube for containing the hair; *ig. 3'is an ing t e ventilating apertures and the observation glass; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the tube as applied for protecting the wearers garments while washing, shampooing or otherwise treating the hair prior to drying the same; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the device provided with a hand h ld.

The tube A for containing the hair to be dried is preferabl made of rubber, cloth or other waterproof exible material in the form of a sheet, adapted to be bent into tube form, the overlapping sides being fastened together by buttons .B or other suitable fastening means. The front end of the tube A is provided with a draw-strin C for conveniently tying the front end of t 0 tube to the head of the woman whose hair is to be dried, as indicated in Fig. 1. The rear end of the tube A is adapted to be buttoned or otherwise fastened to fastening devices 1) arranged on the outside of a semi-spherical reflector E mounted on a suitable stand F, or provided with a handle for manipulating the device. 1

Within the hollow of the reflector E is arranged a burner G, preferably in the form of an electric burner, consisting of a cluster of electric lamps having bulbs of different colors (red, white and blue), connected by wires G with a/suitable source of electrical energy. The tube A is provided at the top and near the front end thereof with ventilating apertures H for the escape of the heated air and moisture, and on the top of the'tube is also arranged an observation glass I, to permit the hairdresser or other person to watch the drying of the hair contained in the tube A. Now by the arrangement described, the front end of the tube A is closed by the wearers head, and the burner inthe reflector E causes the generated heat to dry the hair, and the light reflected by the reflector E onto the hair serves as a valuable therapeutic agent without danger of bleaching or injuring the hair.

The device can be readily ap lied to the wearers head or removed thereirom, and if desired the tube A may also be disconnected from the fastening devices D and opened up into flat shape so as to serve as a cover hanging over the shoulders of a person and se cured by the draw-string C to the neck of the person, as indicated in Fig. 4. Thus the cover serves as a protector for the womans garments while washing, shampooing or otherwise treating the hair prior to drying the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hair drying a paratus, comprising a tube open at the enrlis, the front end being arranged for engagement with the rear of the wearers head to hold the hair extended within the tube, a semi-spherical reflector on which the rear end of the tube is secured, and a cluster of electric lumps in the hollow of the said reflector.

2. A hnir drying a paratus, comprising a tube open at the ends, the front end being arranged for engagement with the rear of the wenrefls head to hold the hair extended within the tube, a semi-spherical reflector on which the rear end of the tube is secured, and a cluster of electric lamps in the hollow of the said reflector, the said lamps having differently colored bulbs.

3. A hair drying apparatus, comprising a lube open at the ends, the front end being arranged for engagement with the rear of the wearers head to hold the hair extended with in the tube, a semi-s herical reflector on which the rear end of t e tube is secured, a cluster of electric lamps in the hollow of the said reflector, and a stand carrying the said reflector and the said lamps.

4. In means for washing, shampooing and drying hair, a sheet of flexible waterproof material, a draw-strin on the front end of the sheet to permit of orming the sheet into tube form and to fasten it to the head of the wearer for receiving the hair, a semi-spherical reflector, means for removably securing the rear end of the said sheet, when bent .into tube form, to the said reflector, an electric heater within the hollow of the said reflector, and a stand for carrying thesaid reflector and heater.

5. In means for washing, shampooing and drying hair, a sheet of flexible waterproof material, a draw-stringon the'front end of the sheet to permit of forming the sheet into tube form and to fasten it to the head of the wearer for receiving the hair, a semi-spherical reflector, means for removably securing the rear end of the said sheet, when bent into tube form, to the said i'eflector, an electric heater within the hollow of the said reflector, a stand for carrying the said reflector and heater, air vents in the wall of the said tube, and an observation glass in the wall of the said tube.

6. A hair drying apparatus comprising a sheet having at one end a draw string, and provided upon its side means, whereby it may be formed into a tube edges with securing lit) and a reflector provided with means for engaging the free end of the tube.

- 7. A hair drying apparatus, comprising a sheet provided upon its side edges with securing means, whereby it maybe formed into a tube, and a reflector provided with means for engaging the free end of the tube.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ALBERT SOLES.

Witnesses:

Tnno. G. Hos'rnR, '(JLARENoE E. HoLsKE. 

